5 Young Interior Designers on the Rise

In the past, the names of famous decorators often were synonymous with a particular style or trend in design. Their calling cards became a signature fabric or wallpaper; their work projected a lifestyle that was inseparable from their identity. Nowadays, interior designers—and the clients who seek them out—are taking a more malleable approach to decorating, adapting personal instincts to each individual project. Here, we take a look at the next generation of talent, specifically five young designers who will surely make a name for themselves in the years to come.

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Nashville-based Benjamin Vandiver has an urbane, elegant approach to design that lies in his artful orchestration of scale and texture. His projects are tightly edited and typically eschew predictability for something more quixotic. While his palate veers towards the monochromatic and earthy, he knows just where to inject a bright, singular element.

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Lilly Bunn layers whimsy and tradition in her comfortable, uptown-oriented projects. She has an eye for sophisticated symmetry, coupling order with saturated bursts of color and optimism. Her time spent at McMillen, Inc. is evident in her cheerful work, though Bunn dispenses with comme-il-faut formality for something extremely livable instead.

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Unlike most designers, who hone their craft under the tutelage of an established decorator, Patrick Mele’s background was in store and brand design before he launched his eponymous firm. The 30-year-old Connecticut native has a penchant for binary colors, especially black and white. While recurring elements and motifs show up in his work, his projects remain uniquely authentic to their location and its owners.

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Prior to starting his own firm, Samuel Amoia worked under the iconic “master of adjacencies,” Stephen Sills. The 32-year-old designer is passionate about Parisian Art Deco, though his work beautifully mélanges the historical and the modern in new and original contexts. One of Amoia’s great strengths is his deft handling of negative space, which creates a kind of poetry between forms of furniture, artwork, and textures.

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Upon graduating from Fordham Law School, Young Huh had a change of heart. Abandoning her newly acquired law degree, she took a position as an intern at a design firm and eventually founded her own. Her work is as varied as her career background; whether working with jute and distressed wood or silk velvet and chintz, Huh’s hand quietly disappears to fit any project.